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Classical motion in random potentials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2012

ANDREAS KNAUF  and
CHRISTOPH SCHUMACHER
ANDREAS KNAUF
Affiliation:
Department Mathematik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 11, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany (email: knauf@mi.uni-erlangen.de)
CHRISTOPH SCHUMACHER
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Mathematik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Reichenhainerstr. 41, D-09126 Chemnitz, Germany (email: christoph.schumacher@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de)
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Abstract

We consider the motion of a classical particle under the influence of a random potential on ℝd, in particular the distribution of asymptotic velocities and the question of ergodicity of time evolution.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 557 - 593
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©2012 Cambridge University Press 

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